Neena Gupta recalls failing Christopher Nolan’s Tenet audition, wants to ask Dimple Kapadia how she got the role without even going to LA

Previously, Dimple Kapadia spoke astir however she bagged the role. In aggregate interviews, the seasoned histrion stated that astatine first, she thought it was a prank call.

In a speech with Bombay Times, Dimple said, “I got a telephone for an audition, which I thought was a prank call. Why would Christopher Nolan privation maine for this film?” She further said that she told her nephew Karan Kapadia that idiosyncratic is pulling her leg. However, Dimple, who was retired of signifier erstwhile it came to giving auditions, decided to springiness it a changeable and sent crossed her audition video to the filmmaker.

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“Then I was told, Nolan is coming to India, and I was requested to bash an audition for him.” Dimple was convinced she wouldn’t container the role, yet went to conscionable the filmmaker for the involvement of getting a representation with him. She said, “When I got the part, I was nervous, and was wondering however bash I hole for the role. I told my mother, ‘Mom, your girl is moving with 1 of the biggest directors successful the world.”

Later, speaking to her girl Twinkle Khanna, Christopher Nolan said, “Sitting successful the country with her and talking to Dimple, and the charisma and the poise that she has, and the extent of acquisition which was instantly evident erstwhile I turned up successful Mumbai with my video camera and asked her to execute a mates of scenes. I asked her to bash things successful antithetic ways. Her accomplishment and charisma were instantly apparent, and it was precise overmuch what I wanted for that character. So I was precise excited to person recovered idiosyncratic who I knew could instrumentality what I had hoped for, what I had enactment connected the page, and instrumentality it to the adjacent level.”

Tenet marked Dimple Kapadia’s Hollywood debut. She received affirmative reviews for her show successful the film. Despite releasing successful the pandemic era, the movie earned Rs 2220 crore worldwide, according to Sacnilk. She went connected to prima successful films similar Pathaan, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, and web bid Tandav.

Meanwhile, Neena Gupta was past seen successful the movie Kaagaz 2. Her vocation saw a resurgence acknowledgment to the Prime Video bid Panchayat, and movies similar Badhaai Ho, among others.